F Short Volume
Ford Motor Company (F) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Auto - Manufacturers industry, with a market capitalization near $53.17B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 170,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.66 to the broader market. Ford Motor Company develops, delivers, and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sport utility vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. Led by James Duncan Farley Jr., public since 1972-06-01.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 27.1M
- Total Volume
- 45.8M
- Short %
- 59.10%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.46%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Ford Motor Company.
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F most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $14.00 | May 29, 2026 | 43.9K | 2.2K | 39.9% | $0.21 | $0.22 |
| CALL | $15.00 | May 29, 2026 | 42.5K | 45.5K | 45.8% | $0.07 | $0.08 |
| CALL | $15.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 27.4K | 71.3K | 40.7% | $0.18 | $0.20 |
| CALL | $16.85 | Jan 15, 2027 | 13.9K | 25.3K | 40.1% | $0.70 | $0.77 |
Top 4 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked F short volume questions
- What is the daily F short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Ford Motor Company (F) short volume is 27.1M shares against 45.8M total reported volume, or 59.10% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is F short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does F short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.